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O. P. MASON. FENDER FOR FIREPLAGES.

No. 542,062. Patented July 2, 1895.

. Bellaire, in the county of Belmont and State UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

ORLANDO P. MASON, OF BELLAIRE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES F. DUBOIS AND CHARLES W. DICKENS, OF SAME PLACE.

FENDER F OR FIREPLACES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,062, dated July 2,1895.

Application filed February 25,1895. Serial No. 539,617. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORLANDO P. MASON, of

of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fendersfor Fireplaces; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use same.

My invention relates to improvements in fenders for fireplaces, theobject being to make a cheap, strong, and durable fender,whose bodyportion consists of a single piece of sheet metal.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of a sheet metallicblank of the shape required to form two fenders. Fig. 2 is a top plan ofthe product obtained by stamping the blank shown in Fig. 1 into theshape required to form two fenders. Fig. 3 is a top plan of one of thefenders; and Fig. 4 is a transverse section upon any line 4. 4, Figs. 2and 3.

Referring to the drawings,A designates the sheet metallic blank fromwhich two fenders are constructed. This blank is oblong in shape, asshown in Fig.1,with the ends thereof circular or curved, as shown. Theblank is slotted centrally and longitudinally, as at a. Said slot is soarranged that the longitudinal walls 0, thereof are exactly parallelwith the longitudinal external edges A of the blank, and each end wall0, of said slot is preferably concentric with the outer edge of theadjacent end of the blank. A blank such as has just been described, andwhich is exhibited in Fig. 1, having been formed, the

same is operated upon by suitable co-operating dies and bent or stampedinto the shape shown in Figs. 2 and 4, so thata section takentransversely through either side or end of the 0 struck-up blank shallbe as shown in Fig. 4 that is, either side or end of the struck-upblank, in cross-section, is arch-shaped, or approximately so, with bothlongitudinal edges A of the struck-up blank (see Fig. 4) arranged 5 inthe same, or approximately the same, horizontal plane. Simultaneouslywith the stamping operation, or after, as desired, the blank is cutcentrally, vertically, and longitudinally in any approved manner, asindicated by the 'dotted line B in Fig. 2, thereby forming two pieces,each whereof constitutes a fender that is arch-shaped in cross-section,with both longitudinal edges of the fender arranged in the same, orapproximately the same, horizontal plane, and with the ends of thefender curving inwardly, as at 0, Fig. 3.

I would here remarkthat the fender, if desired, may be reinforced bybraces or crosspieces. (Not shown.)

What I claim is- A fender out from substantially anellipsoidal sheetmetal blank having an opening at its center corresponding to the shapeof the blank and stamped so as to have an archshape between the edge ofthe hole and. its own edge, the line of incision being substantiallycoincident with the major axis of the blank.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of twowitnesses, this 21st day of December, 1894. I

ORLANDO P. MASON.

Witnesses:

M. R. SEAL, O. P. MERCER.

